Boring Name Practice? Try This Selfie Name Craft + Juice Box Name Craft Instead!

Name practice is important, but handing children the same tracing sheet again and again can get old very quickly. There are only so many times a five-year-old can lovingly trace their name before the pencil mysteriously rolls onto the floor. 😂

Want to see what else is waiting for you? Explore everything included in the Printable Membership and discover more premium printables, crafts, learning activities and classroom resources. See What’s Included in the Printable Membership →

These two hands-on name crafts for kids give children a much more playful way to work on name recognition, name spelling, and name writing practice. The selfie name craft turns each child into the star of their own phone, while the Juice Box Name Craft uses colorful fruit pieces to build their name.

Both are great for preschool name activities, kindergarten name activities, back to school activities, literacy centers, and personalized classroom displays.

Selfie Name Craft for a Fun All About Me Activity

The selfie name craft combines an All About Me activity with early literacy practice. Each child gets their own phone-shaped craft featuring a photo, simple facts about themselves, individual name letters, and handwriting practice.

It is a fun alternative to a standard editable name worksheet because students aren’t simply looking at their name—they are building it.

The photo also makes this a lovely first week of school activity. Display everyone’s finished phones on a bulletin board and you instantly have a classroom display that helps students begin learning their classmates’ names.

It also works beautifully as an editable name craft because each version can be personalized for individual students.

How to Make the Selfie Name Craft + Grab the Premium Download

Start by personalizing the printable with each student’s name and simple information. Add a small student photo, then print the pieces.

Have students cut out the phone and their individual letter pieces. Students can mix up the letters first and then put them back into the correct order for some extra letter recognition and name spelling practice.

Glue the letters onto the phone, add the photograph, and finish by tracing or writing the name at the bottom.

For younger students or children who need additional fine motor support, you can pre-cut the smaller pieces. Students can then focus on sequencing, gluing, and tracing. This makes it easy to adapt as a fine motor activity or special education name activity without changing the main task.

The selfie name craft is available in the premium membership section of the blog. Once you’ve unlocked your membership, you’ll see the red download button and can grab the printable directly from the post. Print, personalize, snip, glue—done!

Juice Box Name Craft for Back-to-School Name Practice

The Juice Box Name Craft is another fun option for making those first name activities feel a little less… worksheet-y.

Students create a bright juice box and use colorful fruit pieces containing individual letters to build their names. It turns a basic name recognition activity into a hands-on cut and paste name activity.

This one is especially cute for a back to school craft, classroom bulletin board, or beginning of the year activity. The “Sippin’ into a Sweet School Year” theme makes it perfect for those first weeks when you’re getting to know students and working on classroom routines.

Children are also practicing alphabet recognition, letter sequencing, cutting, gluing, and fine motor control without the activity feeling overloaded with skills.

How to Make the Juice Box Name Craft + Premium Download

Personalize the printable with each child’s name and print the juice box and corresponding letter pieces. Students can cut out the main craft before finding the fruit pieces containing the letters in their names.

Have children arrange the letters in order before gluing. This little step is worth keeping—otherwise some enthusiastic gluer will inevitably commit to the wrong order before anyone can intervene. 😂

Once the letters are arranged correctly, students glue them onto the juice box and complete the name tracing activity included on the craft. The finished projects make colorful classroom name displays and can also be added to student portfolios.

The Juice Box Name Craft is available alongside the selfie activity in the premium membership section. Once your membership is unlocked, the red download button will appear so you can download the resource directly.

Together, these printable name crafts provide two easy ways to make essential name practice more personal, hands-on, and genuinely fun.